Category Archives: The Basement

Small Gear Upgrades

Posted on 08/28/2011 by danzp

Just wanted to feature my terrible camera skills to show you a couple of recent upgrades to my gear set-up.  First, there’s this adorably tiny pedal board: I’d been inspired by seeing my friend Mitre play recently. He has about … Continue reading →

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You Gotta Stand for Something

Posted on 01/01/2011 by danzp

Once again, Amy hit it out of the park this Christmas in more ways than one. Most musically, she hooked me up with this fine and sturdy stand: You see, basement rehearsal includes a real microphone in a real microphone … Continue reading →

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Show Me Wax On

Posted on 07/30/2010 by danzp

Well, that was weird. And yet at the same time, it makes perfect sense… This past spring and into the summer, I homed in on a handful of cover songs, ones where I felt like I’d put a personal stamp … Continue reading →

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Mount Up!

Posted on 04/07/2010 by danzp

If I’d have known how cheap and easy it is to make and install DIY guitar mounts, I would have done it years ago. I found some directions online a couple months ago, but then I just sat on them. … Continue reading →

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Fingertips 1 and 2

Posted on 07/12/2009 by danzp

The other piece of calamitous news that had me on pause for a while there was our basement flooding.  There was a freak storm on June 24th, lasted about 90 minutes and only affected a very narrow band of the … Continue reading →

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